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At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.

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All is wholesome in the absence of excess.
MOLIERE

Absence Minimalism
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
MOLIERE

Behavior Friendship Ridiculous
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
MOLIERE

Boredom Happiness Hard Time
You are a fool in four letters, my son.
MOLIERE

Fool Son Yourself
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
MOLIERE

Beyond Compare Try World
I have the knack of easing scruples.
MOLIERE

Easy Myself
Assassination’s the fastest way.
MOLIERE

Assassination Death Fast Murder Way
There is no protection against slander.
MOLIERE

Protection
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
MOLIERE

Fortune Friendship Goodness Greatness Possession
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
MOLIERE

Beautiful Hook Intelligence
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.
MOLIERE

Preference Vice Virtue
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
MOLIERE

Book Marvelous
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
MOLIERE

Friendship Man Myself Truth
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate’s affection.
MOLIERE

Affection Beautiful Husband Wife
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
MOLIERE

Dance Failure Greatness History Humanity Man Sick Skills Tragedy
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree

At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.

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